china s defense minister says, ty, ones, re unification with the mainland is inevitable. and that foreign interference would fail. way from has address in singapore is the latest in the spat between washington and beijing. over time, one feature hundreds of marches have been taken across the united states, calling for strict gun laws. they were organized after a spank of shooting, including last month in texas, when 19 school children and 2 teacher i m here because i don t want anybody to live this nightmare anymore. no matter your politics. no one should. i m here because like you, i love this country. and for it s a function we need to understand that rights are power and with power comes responsibility all americans have a rights to not be shot a right to they nowhere. nowhere in the constitution is unrestricted access to weapons of war. a guaranteed rights in ukraine, fighting continues in and around the eastern city of severe done yet president the lot of me zalinski and
Tell us volatility is back, but were not seeing it. This morning the vix is trading at 10. It marked the second time this year that the vix traded below 10. Overnight in asia, take a look and youll see the nikkei was up by 0. 7 . Hang seng was up by a third of a percent. The shanghai was down by a third of a percentage point. In europe, some of the early trading, things are relatively calm. Ftse up by a half percentage point. Modest gains for the cac and dax. Among the top stories, big news out of hollywood. The Writers Guild of america reaching a tentative agreement with the alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers avoiding a Writers Strike. They reached an agreement just after midnight. The Writers Guild had threatened to strike today if an agreement was not in place. Infosys making a big bet on america. The Company Announcing it will create 10,000 jobs here in the United States of the next two years. Those jobs will focus on the cloud, Artificial Intelligence and big data
Brexit happened it looks like it is going to. If trump gets his way and is more of an isolationist in the as. , we are at disadvantage. The rest of the worlds deepening their ties. China is trying to launch its. Wn free trade zone there is a Southeast Asian group of nations that are forming trade ties. Evenlization will not stop though brexit has happened. Id given the reddit rhetoric we have heard, if congress doesnt pass that will we lose lose ground. As you look at the trade picture, theres the u. K. Stand to lose out as a result of this . It is possible they could. If everyone is tied up into trade, there is less room for the u. K. And the u. S. To maneuver. That theossibility west will lose out. David we are still talking about brexit. Onr feature section scotland, leading the Scottish National party. Carol who is she, first of all . Ofshe is a long time member the s p. She was working her way through the ranks for a long time. On with the Prime Minister etc. To the north there is
And apple facing attacks of billions over the sweetheart in ireland. Let us know what you think of our top stories. That is my handle. Use the hash tagged there as well. Trending underway in hong kong, shanghai in about 30 minutes. Other markets starting off, but getting a nice tailwind from what we saw on the streets. Juliette in wall street, the street of dreams, certainly doing better. We are seeing something on the back of those moves we saw in the u. S. Market. Of course, solid gains, defeating record highs. Banking stocks leading the way. Terday, it was a desire dire position. It left wall street and they had to catch up. 0. 2 . Up have a look at the korean cost i index, up kosp 0. 7 and the one is up won is up. Certainly some of sides coming back into the korean market. We have had Economic Data in japan and of course the nikkei is up a little bit. Considering it is 2. 3 gained yesterday and the dollaryen is fairly unchanged. That fall that cannot unexpected. In australia, good
Melissa to the airport to find love or at least a quick date. Me at the airport. Yes. Me at the airport. Dating website for travelers. Just released its list of the best airports to up. East coast dominates due to bad weather and long delays, of course. People surveyed put Orlando International at the top of the list. Not only a large number of bars and restaurants, but it as a hotel in the main terminal. I see. Who else to miami, newark, boston globe and airport and philadelphia around at the top five. Of thumbsup. I dont know what he is referring to perrys have for the two top banks to watch. Number two will be the smallbusiness optimism index. Released by the National Federation of independent businesses. The index rose nine tenths of a point in january to 88. Number one thing to marked watch, the markets. The s p joins the party. All that and more coming up. Its money. Heres what is money tonight. A strong, solid jobs report. Unemployment is not going down for the reasons you think